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The Department of Sociology and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a conference to honor the scholarly contributions of Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. This day-long gathering, to take place on Friday, February 17, 2012 , will celebrate Dr. Du Bois being posthumously bestowed with an Honorary Emeritus Professorship in Sociology and Africana Studies by the University of Pennsylvania. Appointment is pending approval by the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. The Board of Trustees will be voting the day of the conference. The conference will also serve as a significant platform to engage participants in an interdisciplinary introspection of the achievements, research, scholarship and accomplishments of one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century.